Vocabulary Test Weeks 1 – 5

Name Date

Write the correct letter beside each definition.

Vocabulary Test Weeks 1 – 5

a. Achilles’ heel

b. Asinine

c. Catalyst

d. Charlatan

e. Countervail

f. Diabolic

g. Disperse

h. Dunce

i. Extract

j. Fatal

k. Fathom

L. Hierarchy

m. Hyperbole

n. Matriarch

o. Mnemonic

p. Monarch

q. Nefarious

r. Patriarch

s. Plagiarize

t. Plummet

u. Serendipity

v. Spartan

w. Stentorian

x. Tawdry

y. Vocation

Vocabulary Test Weeks 1 – 5

_____1. Assisting memory

_____2.Father or leader of a family, clan, tribe, or group

_____3.Remove, pull out

_____4.Substance that starts a reaction

_____5.Use ideas or writings of another and present them as one’s own

_____6.Scatter, spread apart

_____7.Very loud

_____8.A ruler, like a king, queen, emperor, or sultan

_____9.Weak point

_____10.Occupation

_____11.Obviously extravagant statement or assertion

_____12.To oppose or exert a force against

_____13.Make lucky discoveries by chance or accident

_____14.Understand, figure out, penetrate meaning of

_____15.Severe, rigorous, disciplined

_____16.Outrageously wicked, cruel, or devilish

_____17.Woman who rules a family, clan, tribe, or group

_____18.Showy and cheap

_____19.Stupid or silly

_____20.An imposter; a person who claims to have knowledge or skill, but really doesn’t

_____21.Wicked, evil

_____22.Deadly

_____23.Stupid person

_____24.Person or things arranged in a series or rank

_____25.Fall straight down

Vocabulary Test Weeks 1 – 5

Achilles’ heel

Asinine

Catalyst

Charlatan

Countervail

Diabolic

Disperse

Dunce

Extract

Fatal

Fathom

Hierarchy

Hyperbole

Matriarch

Mnemonic

Monarch

Nefarious

Patriarch

Plagiarize

Plummet

Serendipity

Spartan

Stentorian

Tawdry Vocation

Vocabulary Test Weeks 1 – 5

Use the vocabulary words in each of the following sentences.

  1. The car wouldn’t start. No matter what the mechanic tried, he could not get the engine to turn over. He was stumped; never had a Ford been the mechanic’s .
  2. Without question, playing with fire around a can of gasoline is a totally ______thing to do.
  3. Thinking he could get away with it, Ray copied Susan’s work and turned it in as his own. Soon, he was in trouble for ______.
  4. With a healthy dose of ______, she was able to find her missing car keys.
  5. With a flick of his wrist, the man quickly ______the cards around the table.
  6. The huge mountain lion delivered a ______wound to its prey.
  7. In a slasher movie, the main character’s nature is plain to see.
  8. The car, with fur around the steering wheel, leopard spot seat covers, and huge wheels, was .
  9. The coach needed to decide which players were best for the game. In order to make his decision fair, he decided to use a ______of skills to evaluate the team.
  10. With great skill, the surgeon ______the infected appendix from his patient.
  11. James clearly used when he claimed to catch 300 fish in fifteen minutes.
  12. The fraudulent carnival games tricked the child out of his money.
  13. The king enjoyed being a ______and looked forward to every day on the throne.
  14. Ellen accepted her role as the ______of her family and made a hard decision.
  15. Rick Grimes serves as the fatherly leader, or ______, of the group of The Walking Dead survivors.
  16. The rockslide ______to the bottom of the hill, shutting down the interstate for weeks.
  17. I wish I could imitate Jack’s ______lifestyle. He is so disciplined at eating healthy and working out every day.
  18. Tommy decided to attend a special school in order to reach his ______goal of becoming a food preparation manager.
  19. If you don’t know how to spell a word, use a ______strategy.
  20. A man used a ______scheme to hack into people’s computers and steal bank account information.
  21. The snowstorm was the ______that made the town buy new snow plows to cover their street cleaning needs.
  22. Troy came back from town and was upset. He said Uncle Phillip had treated him like a in front of several customers.
  23. During WW2, the Allies ______against the Nazis and Hitler.
  24. No, as a strict vegetarian, I am not able to how people can eat meat.
  25. In a ______tone, the cranky old woman yelled and griped at the neighbor’s children.